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Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 40,797,

To @ZZ whom Be it known Vembdon Bridgewater, in the county of Somerset, .in England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Vashing and Tumbling Casks, &c. and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which" Figure l represents a front elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the saine, the line .fr a',"l1`ig. l, indicating the plane of section.

Similar letters in both .figures indicate corresponding parts.

The apparatus which forms the subject-mat ter of this invention is particularly intended for washing casks, barrels, and other vessels of a similar description; but it can Valso be used with advantage for tun1bling-barrels intended for cleaning small. castings or for pol ishing or se uring articles of various descriptions.

.The invention consists in an apparatus capable of containing and holding one or more casks, barrels, or other vessels `of a similar description, and imparting to the same a compound motion simultaneously in two or more directions, in such a manner that the everchanging position of the eask or barrel subjects every part of the interior of the same to 'the action. of the.v cleansing inedirun-viz., chain, or gravel and water--or that by said continually-changing position of the barrel it 'may concern:

To enable those skilled in the artto make and use my-invention, I will proceedi to vde scribe it.

A representsa frame, made of metal or any other suitable material, and provided with two `journal-boxes, a a, which form the bearings for the trunnions b b of a frame, B. This frame sirable, however, to have the frame B circular,

that I, WiLLrAM RomNso, .of

. provided with ratchet-teeth dated December l, 18625.

so that the same adapts itself readily to the inner frame or ring, C. This ring dts nicely into the frame B, and it isheld in place by guides c, which allow the same to rotate freely within the frame B. Said ring is furnished with aserew-elamp,/D, which can be adjusted different holes in the arms d to suit easks or barrels of different size, and the casks or barrels are retained in the clamp by segmental arms orshocs e, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings, shown in red outlines. I

In order to produce an automatic motion of the ring C within the frame B, said ring is f, extending all round on one or both-sides, and two car-- ria-ges,E,are attached tothe frame B, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings. Each ot these carriages slides backward and forward in a slot, g, in said frame, and it is provided with two lugs, le', projecting over an eccentric disk, F, which is rmly secured to the main frame A. As the frame B is rotated the lugs It sweep over the surfaces of said eccentric disks and a reciprocating motion is imparted tothe carriages 4 in the slots g. In order to lessen the friction of the lugs h Aon the surfaces of the eccentrics, said lugs are friction-rollers Each of the carriages Eis provided with a pawl, j, which engages with the/' ,-teeth f of the-'ring C, and as the frame B'is rotated the reciprocating motion imparted to the earriages E causes the 4pawls to take hold of new teeth and to impart to the ring an intermittent rotary motion within the frame B. A retrograde motion of thering C is prevented by a pawl, k, secured to one of the guidesc.

where the barrel is The rotary motion of the lframe B with the ring C maybe produced power, and in order to be able to apply the power the trunions b of the frame B are extended beyond the journal-boxes a, to'aiiord room for a winch, G, or for a fast and loose pulley, H..

By rotating the frame B a compound motion Ais imparted to the cask orbarrel in the C, and the position of the lbarrel in relation to the axis o"f rotation is continually changing.

Incleansing casks or barrels the cleansing medium, be it a chain', or gravel and water, or any other material, is brought in contact with by hand or by steamfurnished withA even the foulest cask totally unnecessary.

`every partfof the inner surface of said cask or barrel, and every particle of dirt caneiectually be .,removed, causing'the unliead'ing of l This apparatus -is also of great advantage in tumbling small castings or' other articles inv barrels;4 By the continually changing posi,- tion of the barrel the articles in the barrel are compelled to change their relative position at every revolution of the barrel, and-the cleaning oi scouring is ieffected in less time and v more perfect than Witha tumbling-barrel' of t-he ordinary construction.

It must be remarked that the'rotary motion of the ring C may be'pr'oduced by other` means besides thereciprocating carriages and ratch et-teethg and I do not wish to confine Vmyself to this particular construction.

The ring C might be hung 1n the frame'B by means of trunnions, Asimilar to a gimbal, andv rotated by an endless screw andWorm-wheel, and both frames B and C might be made square instead of round..

A third motion. might-also vbe impartedto the ca sk or barrel by securing it in the ring C at the-centers ofits heads, instead of by means of the'slioes e, and applying a pinion tothe axis' tlius formed, which would'be made to gear in a toothed rim attached to the ring BL '2. The ,combination ofthe rotatingframe B,

,serrated ring C, ,screw-clamp D, carriages. E,

and eccentries-F, constructed .and operating in the manner and for the pnrposesubstantially a'slhevrein shown and described.,

WILLI'AivL ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

CEAS.. I. BENNET C. E. LUCY." 

